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Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room – ORC week 3

We are halfway through for our vintage farmhouse powder room ORC week 3. This week we tackled painting the beadboard, fixtures, and installed our toilet.

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - how we are making over our 80s fixer into a vintage inspired half bath

I can’t believe we’re halfway through this One Room Challenge and so many changes have been made so far.

I am starting to see this Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room come together and it’s so exciting!

There’s still a lot to do, but here’s what we accomplished this week.

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - how we are making over our 80s fixer into a vintage inspired half bath

For starters, we got the toilet installed.  We found this one on sale for $99!

Right in our budget parameters!

Trent installed it this last weekend and it’s working great.

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room ORC Week 2 - this week, we made great progress installing Luxury Vinyl tile, beadboard panels and painted the cabinet base

I worked on the base cabinet. Originally, I dreamed of turning a vintage washbasin into a DIY cabinet base, but with the money being tight, my only option was to reuse what we have.

So I got out the same paint I used for the cabinets in our Laundry Room Makeover and painted the base cabinet the same hue.

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - how we are making over our 80s fixer into a vintage inspired half bath

I installed handles from our windows we replaced.  

We still need to spray paint the cabinet door hinges, but it was easier to paint with the doors still on the base.

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - how we are making over our 80s fixer into a vintage inspired half bath

Here’s a better view of our tiles.

I had questions about last week’s post and the orientation of the tiles against the existing ones. I think it matches up nicely, don’t you?

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - how we are making over our 80s fixer into a vintage inspired half bath

So that leaves us with the countertop.  As you can see the sink is still in great shape.

I ordered the faucet this week! That should come in a few days! YAY!

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - how we are making over our 80s fixer into a vintage inspired half bath

I’d love to have it look similar to the DIY Folding table we made in our laundry room.

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - how we are making over our 80s fixer into a vintage inspired half bath

The slats won’t work with the sink base, so I’m still trying to figure out how we’ll work the new base.

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - how we are making over our 80s fixer into a vintage inspired half bath

When we installed the beadboard, we left enough room to be able to remove the base. We plan to cover the edge with wood.

The corner moulding over the sink base still needs to installing, but we will do that after the sink is in. We cut them to size and are ready to install though!

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - how we are making over our 80s fixer into a vintage inspired half bath

I left the old towel rack, but plan to replace that with a vintage hook or something.

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - how we are making over our 80s fixer into a vintage inspired half bath

The old TP holder had great vintage lines, so I simply spray painted it and rehung it. I think it looks perfect for this vintage farmhouse powder room.

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - how we are making over our 80s fixer into a vintage inspired half bath

So the last thing finished this week was installing the light fixture. This came from an old bathroom that we converted to a closet and I loved the vintage shade!

VINTAGE FARMHOUSE POWDER ROOM ORC WEEK 3
Materials Used

  • Aquasource Henshaw Toilet – $99

What we have completed so far using supplies on hand:

  • ✓Replace Flooring using leftover from Kitchen and Laundry Room
  • ✓Paint existing cabinet using paint on hand
  • ✓Paint beadboard with white oil on hand
  • ✓Replace light fixture with previously used one from another room
  • Hang Vintage Medicine Cabinet
  • Reuse Sink basin

Purchases to Make:

  • ✓Replace Toilet – $100
  • ✓Install BeadBoard and Trim – $50
  • Replace Faucet – $50 – ordered
  • Build Wood Countertop – $100
  • DIY Fabric Wallpaper with starch – ordered the fabric and it’s on it’s way!
  • Decor Purchases – $100

It’s starting to resemble a gorgeous bathroom! And it looks lovely next to the laundry room already. I ordered the fabric for the DIY wallpaper and hope to get that installed next week!

So be sure to check out all the other bloggers linking up for this one room challenge.  There are some many rooms that are inspiring me! Head over to Linda’s blog Calling It Home to see what is shared this week.

To see the progress from previous week’s, click below:

week 1week 2week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, REVEAL

Vintage Farmhouse Powder Room - working with a limited budget, these bloggers are going to try to makeover their 1/2 bath

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9 Comments

  1. A tiny room like this comes together so fast! I wish all rooms would go at this pace!

  2. Thanks Nicki! We’re hashing out the sink details this weekend! I hope it comes together!

  3. It is looking so great! Love the beadboard and the color you chose for the cabinet. Can’t wait to see what you come up with for the sink.

  4. Jen, you are a whiz! This bathroom seems to be coming together with lightning speed! I am impressed.